TechSpot

AUGUST 29, 2023

As reported by 404 Media, the latest Skype vulnerability was discovered by independent security researcher Yossi, who says he shared his findings with Microsoft earlier this month. However, the company did not take the issue seriously at first, and said that it did not require immediate attention. Thankfully, better sense.

Skype 111

Skype Attention Research Issue 111

Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Skype has updated its mobile, desktop, and web apps to allow emergency calling in the U.S. for the first time in its 18-year history.

Skype 85

Skype Support History Web 85

Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Skype has updated its mobile, desktop, and web apps to allow emergency calling in the U.S. for the first time in its 18-year history.

Skype 81

Skype Support History Web 81

Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Sharing your desktop or mobile screen on Skype is easy. This guide shows you how to do it in just a few steps.

Skype 77

Skype Share Guide Mobile 77

Digital Trends

JANUARY 23, 2021

Learn more about common Skype issues and their solutions. With videoconferencing and distributed teams more popular than ever before, fixing errors is crucial.

Skype 78

Skype Problem Issue Team 78

The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

Microsoft is adding a background blur feature to its Skype for iOS app. Microsoft also added this automatic background blurring to Skype’s desktop app last year. Microsoft is also pivoting its Teams communications app to serve groups of friends and family , but still plans to support and update Skype.

Skype 84

Skype Video Language Effective 84

The Verge

JUNE 24, 2021

Today’s Windows 11 news is all about where Microsoft sees computing going over the next few years, but it’s just as much the story of how Skype has flourished and ebbed since its $8.5 Skype is no longer an inbox app for new devices that run Windows 11.”. The Skype app is available to download through the Microsoft Store for free.”.

Skype 79

Skype Google Voice Video 79

The Verge

AUGUST 18, 2020

Here is how to hide your clutter when you’re videoconferencing, using three well-known apps for consumer and business meetings — Zoom, Skype, and Microsoft Teams — and a lesser-known but often mentioned open-source app, Jitsi Meet. Skype offers both a blur feature and virtual backgrounds.

Skype 88

Skype Team Sample Open Source 88

Digital Trends

DECEMBER 9, 2020

As a Windows staple application, Skype starts up automatically when you log into Windows 10. If that's annoying, here's how to quickly disable the startup.

Skype 69

Skype Application Business 69

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The software maker is teasing plans for an “improved, faster, reliable, and super modern-looking Skype.” Microsoft says it has been listening to feedback and, over the next few months, will start rolling out changes to modernize Skype. The most important part of Skype, what Microsoft calls the call stage, is getting the most attention.

Skype 71

Skype Avatar Mobile Design 71

TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Walden Woods Project uses Skype to reach classrooms. Microsoft’s Skype is now used for more than refugee aid workers. Industry News Leadership Tech computers microsoft mobile nonprofit technology refurbished Skype' Image courtesy of SustaiNet Software.

Skype 139

Skype Tech Classroom Nonprofit 139

Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Is your Skype handle giving you problems? Here's what you need to know about Skype names, what can be changed, and how to fix them before your next meeting.

Skype 56

Skype Change Problem Giving 56

The Verge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Skype announced this week that its US users can use it to dial 911 from their home computer, and that its software can share their location with emergency services if needed. The US is the latest addition to the list of regions with Skype emergency service calling; until now it was only available in Australia, Denmark, Finland, and the UK.

Skype 67

Skype Finland Denmark Australia 67

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Eligible organizations in the United States and United Kingdom can now request donations of $20 credit vouchers for Microsoft's Skype. For those unfamiliar with Skype, it provides voice calling, video calling, instant messaging, and more, allowing users to communicate with other Skype users and with mobile phones and landlines.

Skype 50

Skype United Kingdom United States Voice 50

Wired

MARCH 1, 2025

Plus: The FDA clears Googles Loss of Pulse feature on the Pixel Watch 3, Oura launches a pregnancy study, and Photoshop gets its first proper app.

Skype 102

Skype News Studies Google 102

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Everyone has his or her collection of points where other people can touch them — email, Facebook, Twitter, Skype – the list goes on. Max Nalsky is the founder and CEO of Pyrus, the workplace communication platform. We operate in a world of inboxes. We can’t get rid of these various means of interaction, and we can’t even choose just one.

Communication 167

Communication email Skype Companies 167

The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

Microsoft’s repositioning of Teams for personal use means that it’s not trying to directly replace Skype just yet either. We’re still fully committed to Skype,” explains Ben-Zur. For folks that just want a very purpose-built app, Skype is a great solution, and we support it and encourage it.”.

Personal 143

Personal Team Skype PowerPoint 143

The Next Web

JULY 14, 2014

I’m also instant messaging a co-worker in New York City, about to get on a Skype call with our Community Manager in the Netherlands, and sending an email to our development team in Paris. This post originally appeared on the Sketchfab blog. It’s a beautiful afternoon as I write this post at the Dineen coffee shop in Toronto.

New York City 167

New York City Work Skype Netherlands 167

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

A few weeks ago at the Dublin Web Summit, we caught up with Niklas Zennström , easily one of Europe’s most accomplished entrepreneurs with companies like Skype, KaZaa and Joost under his belt. Niklas also talks about how the European startup scene has changed, in his view, since he co-founded Skype with Janus Friis back in 2002.

Europe 121

Europe Skype Video Strategy 121

Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Microsoft is updating Skype with a set of new features designed to make the app faster, reliable, and more modern.

Skype 62

Skype Google Design Team 62

The Next Web

OCTOBER 11, 2014

After Skyping with some college students, I wanted to share my process for launching a product or creative campaign. Jason SurfrApp is the founder of IWearYourShirt and author of Creativity For Sale.

Product 161

Product Guide Skype Analysis 161

The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Microsoft had been trying to push Skype Meet Now for this previously, but everyone has mostly forgotten Skype exists. Zoom has its own 40-minute limit, which the company is lifting temporarily for Thanksgiving , and other competitors like Google Meet (60-minute limit) and Cisco Webex (50-minute limit) also have similar restrictions.

Web 145

Web Team Video Free 145

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Fifty episodes in, Williamson started recording his Skype interviews. Yet Modern Wisdom wasnt always a cinematic experience. In its early days, the show was audio-only, with a basic equalizer graphic on YouTube. A hundred episodes later, he upgraded to professional-quality video.

Podcast 119

Podcast Video Audio Los Angeles 119

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

If you look at the giant companies of today like Twitter, Facebook, Skype, and Airbnb, one of the things they have in common is that they were all started when the economy was neutral, down or in a recession. Although the present situation looks positive and hopeful, it’s going to take quite some time to catch up to the previous rate.

Skype 138

Skype Time Facebook Rate 138

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Microsoft has released patches to fix zero-day vulnerabilities in two popular open source libraries that affect several Microsoft products, including Skype, Teams and its Edge browser. But Microsoft won’t say if those zero-days were exploited to target its products, or if the company knows either way.

Product 122

Product Skype Open Source Library 122

The Next Web

JULY 14, 2012

It’s a super simple screen-sharing tool that I’ve been using recently, ever since I realized that Skype screen-sharing is terrible, especially when you’re working with someone on the other side of the country. Work and Play With Skype. .” - John Hall , Digital Talent Agents. All the Way!

Collaboration 148

Collaboration Tools Business Skype 148

The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Skype is my go-to app for meetings. It also gives my staff a sense of unity regarding teamwork because with Skype, we realize we are interacting with real people and not merely with a voice on a conference call. John Meyer , Lemon. Jay Wu , A Forever Recovery. .

Software 133

Software Skype Google Voice 133

Tech Soup

JANUARY 9, 2015

Eligible organizations in the United States and United Kingdom can now request donations of $20 credit vouchers for Microsoft's Skype. For those unfamiliar with Skype, it provides voice calling, video calling, instant messaging, and more, allowing users to communicate with other Skype users and with mobile phones and landlines.

Skype 36

Skype United Kingdom United States Voice 36

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

" Facebook And Skype Officially Announce New Integration – "Today Facebook and Skype officially announced a new partnership which includes the complete integration of the Facebook newsfeed into Skype as well as the phonebook which lists all of a Skype user’s Facebook friends.

Web 111

Web Skype Bookmarking Social Media 111

The Verge

MAY 17, 2021

Skype got this same feature back in December. Speaking of Skype, Microsoft hasn’t announced any plans to replace Skype with Microsoft Teams on the consumer side yet.

Team 100

Team Skype Video Free 100

Engadget

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Not to mention most video conferencing services like Zoom, Google Meet and Skype dont even support 4K video. However, if your primary concern is better picture quality during video calls, 1080p is the way to go. Some webcams can shoot in 4K, but thats overkill for most people.

Camera 103

Camera Test Stream Video 103

The Verge

MARCH 7, 2021

It should also improve compatibility with browser-based games, and services like Skype or Discord through the web. Edge will also now provide access to Google’s Stadia streaming service, thanks to the improved compatibility support with Chromium.

Test 132

Test Skype Stream Accessibility 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

In the past, I have presented remotely using skype audio and video. Last year I audio-skyped into a conference in the UK to present with Steve Bridger. Tags: Conferences Tips Training Design ffog remote presentation skype twitter video. It is also helpful to have a back channel for communications with the moderator.

Tips 97

Tips Skype Los Angeles Audio 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2012

The government blocks certain sites, including access to any group organizing features on social sites (shared photo pools for example), skype out, and tools like VPNs that can help you get around government censors. Eventually, I was able to install a VPN and get to the sites I wanted to use.

Internet 113

Internet Pakistan Skype NGO 113

Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2015

" Alongside Africa recently received a selection of Skype credit vouchers as a donation via Technology Trust , TechSoup Global's UK partner. Adoption of Skype has addressed what has always been a huge challenge — and expense — for the organization: the practicalities of communication. " Not in the UK?

Uganda 36

Uganda Skype Africa Charity 36

Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Holly Ross, NTEN’s Executive Director interviewed me via Skype a few weeks ago and posted the video at www.ntconnect.org/content.php?&cid=159&uid=13. I’m organizing two workshops for NTEN’s upcoming Nonprofit Technology Conference on the topic So You Want To Be A Consultant? ( &cid=159&uid=13.

Consultant 100

Consultant Skype NTEN Audio 100

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

After Matt and I emailed to get on the same page about timeline, costs, and expectations, we set up a skype call. We did much of this simultaneously, both plugging away at the WordPress admin panel while on skype together. That’s how I found Matt! Phase 2: Identifying Goals, Needs, Direction.

Conversation 154

Conversation Content Place Phase 154